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Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day <\/em>flew to No. 1 at the box office this weekend with a $44 million domestic gross and $93 million globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Obsession<\/em>, the ultra low-budget horror thriller from 24-year-old director Curry Barker, continues to sprint on long legs, securing No. 2 domestically with $19 million in week 5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Next weekend, a trio of buzzy new releases, with Toy Story 5 <\/em>at the front, threaten Spielberg’s lock on the box office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Take me to your leader!<\/p>\n Steven Spielberg<\/a> swept the box office<\/a> this weekend with Disclosure Day<\/em><\/a>, his extraterrestrial drama that beamed up $44 million domestically and $93 million globally, per Rentrak (formerly Comscore). At 79, the American master proved he can still achieve total command of the moviegoing public, both critically and commercially, even on his 37th feature in the director’s chair.<\/p>\n His return to aliens after 12 years (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull <\/em>was the last Spielberg film to feature the creatures, though 2005’s War of the Worlds <\/em>was the last to center on them) also marked his best box office premiere in nearly a decade. Ready Player One <\/em>previously achieved $53 million domestically in its opening weekend in 2018.<\/p>\n While Disclosure Day <\/em>was hovering around theaters this weekend, hoovering up all the cash, the film at No. 2 domestically and No. 3 globally arguably achieved an even more impressive box office feat.<\/p>\n